Parashat Vayigash 5781 / פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּגַּשׁ
/ 11 Tevet 5781
Parashat Vayigash is the 11th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Genesis 44:18-47:27
Vayigash (“He Approached”) opens as Judah pleads with Joseph not to keep Benjamin as a prisoner. Joseph reveals his true identity to his brothers, crying and kissing them. The brothers bring Jacob from Canaan to Egypt, and Jacob and his children settle in Goshen. The portion ends as Joseph buys most of Egypt’s land in exchange for food. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 44:18-30 · 13 p’sukim
- 2: 44:31-45:7 · 11 p’sukim
- 3: 45:8-18 · 11 p’sukim
- 4: 45:19-27 · 9 p’sukim
- 5: 45:28-46:27 · 28 p’sukim
- 6: 46:28-47:10 · 17 p’sukim
- 7: 47:11-27 · 17 p’sukim
- maf: 47:25-27 · 3 p’sukim
Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:15-28 · 14 p’sukim
Triennial year 2
- 1: 45:28-46:4 · 5 p’sukim
- 2: 46:5-7 · 3 p’sukim
- 3: 46:8-11 · 4 p’sukim
- 4: 46:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
- 5: 46:16-18 · 3 p’sukim
- 6: 46:19-22 · 4 p’sukim
- 7: 46:23-27 · 5 p’sukim
- maf: 46:23-27 · 5 p’sukim
Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:15-28 · 14 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah: Zechariah 10:3-12 · 10 p’sukim
Commentary and Divrei Torah
Vayigash: The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin (paid link)
List of Dates
Parashat Vayigash is read in Israel on:References
- Parashat Vayigash from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.
- Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27) and Haftarah (Ezekiel 37:15-28): The JPS B’nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary (JPS Study Bible) (paid link)
- Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, Jewish Publication Society, 2017
- The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series) (paid link)
- Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993
- A Complete Triennial System for Reading the Torah
- Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly, 1988
- Haftarot for a Triennial Cycle Torah Reading
- Avram Israel Reisner, 2014
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